When Usain Bolt retired from the 200 metres after the 2016 Olympics, he left a void that hasn’t yet been filled. His stunning world record – 19.19 seconds – turns 10 years old this week and since 2011, no one has come remotely close. His 100-...
Jamaica’s four-medal jumps performance at the recent Pan Am Games has at least one observer smiling. David Riley, head coach at Excelsior High School, is tipping his hat to Tajay Gayle, Shanieka Ricketts, Tissanna Hickling, and Kimberly Williamson...
Star sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson will lead Jamaica to a 10-medal haul at this year’s World Championships. That’s the long-range forecast from the respected United States (US) publication, Track...
The race for the bronze medal in the men’s 100m will be hotly contested at the World Championships. That’s the long-range forecast by Ato Boldon, the two-time 100-metre Olympic medallist. According to Boldon, the choice by young American Noah Lyles...
When track and field competition begins at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, today, Jamaica will enter the fray with one of its strongest teams ever. Sprint queens Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson, along with defending champions Fedrick...
Triple jumpers Shanieka Ricketts and Kimberly Williams will feature in a virtual World Championships rehearsal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, this week. According to jump expert David Riley, the Jamaicans can use the event to ready...
Led by 2017 Super Bowl winner Patrick Chung, there is a small contingent of Jamaicans in American football. Michael Blair, a retired wide receiver, wants that to grow into a steady stream, who utilise college scholarships to go all the way. Blair...
Though they finished second and third in the 100m at the London Diamond League meet, Zharnel Hughes and Yohan Blake both took comfort from their performances on the day. The Racers Track Club teammates both identified stumbles that spoilt their...
The year 2016 should have been a good one for Rasheed Dwyer. His stocks were rising, and with the Rio Olympics approaching, Dwyer was on the accelerator. Sadly for the Sprintec Track Club stalwart, illness struck. Now 30, the broad-chested sprinter...
Shericka Jackson has described her winning run at last weekend’s London Diamond League meet as a training run. Jackson fought off MVP Track Club training partner Stephenie-Ann McPherson to win the 400 metres as her preparations for the World...
One senior track and field coach says there is a new group of male athletes starting to emerge, but he is asking their coaches not to train them like professionals. That’s the consideration proposed by Maurice Wilson, head coach at the G.C. Foster...
Jamaica’s hurdler supreme Omar McLeod rarely runs the flat sprint events, but things may change when he has accomplished all he hopes to in the 110m hurdles. Speaking in London, ahead of this weekend’s IAAF Diamond League meet, the Olympic and...
Sprintec Track Club and G.C. Foster coach Maurice Wilson is steadily mastering the nuances of the 400m hurdles, and this year, his athletes, Shiann Salmon and Ronda Whyte, occupy two of the three Jamaican team spots for the upcoming IAAF World...
When pancreatic cancer took the life of Jamaican Olympian Twilet Malcolm-Alexander last week, it was the final chapter in a journey filled with high achievement. Malcolm-Alexander, 50, succumbed after a protracted period of illness in the United...
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, the versatile Bahamian sprinter, wants to try the 200-400m double next year at the Tokyo Olympics. Speaking in Monaco ahead of her 200m victory in yesterday’s Diamond League meeting, Miller-Uibo expressed the hope that the...
Hurdler supreme Omar McLeod leads a 10-strong Jamaican contingent at today’s Istvan Gyulai Memorial, in the Hungarian locale of Székesfehérvár, outside Budapest. McLeod, the World and Olympic champion in the 110-metre hurdles, faces a tough line-up...
Jamaicans aren’t the only ones who are pleased with the fast times Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has put down in the 100 and 200 metres this season. Among those in awe of the four-time World champion is British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith. Speaking in...
On a day when fans were treated to nine world-leading performances at the seventh leg of the IAAF Diamond League, Elaine Thompson and Danniel Thomas-Dodd were the top Jamaicans at the Prefontaine Classic, held on the campus of Stanford University...
Jamaica will have a very good 110m hurdles team in Doha, Qatar, for the IAAF World Championships this September. Moreover, one coach believes that the 110m hurdles will soon be one of Jamaica’s premier events. Craig Sewell, who has coached...
Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres lorded over a top-class discus throw field at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday. Dacres launched his third throw to a world-leading national record distance of 70.78m to beat prime rival Daniel Stahl...
When Tiffany James pulled the Jamaica Green 4x400m team into second at the Penn Relays, her determination impressed fans. If they knew of her battles to balance her studies with athletics, they’d be even more impressed. With the toughest part of...
When Kemar Bailey-Cole settles into the blocks at this Saturday’s Racers Adidas Grand Prix, he will be hoping to put himself back in the fast lane. Promising runs so far this year have been the reward of adjustments to his training programme and...
Fans may be mourning the end of a golden era of Jamaican sprinting, but according to two respected coaches, the nation is becoming a field event power. Kerry-Lee Ricketts, husband and coach of triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts, and Marlon Gayle of...
As discus thrower Shadae Lawrence approaches the last collegiate championship of her career, she knows she is heading in the right direction. In addition, some observers believe that the Colorado State University senior could be a contender when...
A month from now, a speedy group of Jamaican ladies will sprint for the honour of running at the World Championships this September in Doha, Qatar. Among them will be Gayon Evans, the Commonwealth Games 100 metre bronze medal winner. The 29 year-...
